"HI Wes: I was lucky enough to have a mentor, teacher, guide, or whatever names are applicable. I must admit I was a very poor student. He died about 16 yrs ago, which left me hanging out to dry so to speak. I read that whole paper and it was like…"

"Roger, Here's the original talk entitled 'Science of the Masters'... which you will see has its own problems and limitations.... But it does show that some 'deep' independent thought does occur ,within certain parameters,…"

"The idea is to continually improve your tools for examination of social and cultural conditioning to give you the freedom of separating 'you' from the conditioning...and eventually take some modicum of control over it. The ability to…"

"Hey Roger,
It actually comes from a Letter that was eventually printed in a book from the Late Sant Mat Guru Sawan Singh (RadhaSoami Satsang Beas) to a disciple answering a question about fate, karma, free will, predestination etc...
I would like…"

"Here's something interesting from an old Indian guru on Free Will
PREDESTINATION VS. FREE WILL
A will is free only so long as it has not acted.
Once it acts, then that very act becomes binding
on it. The second time it acts, it does not act…"

"I am happy for your excellent results. My mother was not so lucky. They mis-diagnosed a skin disorder for nothing serious. She was dead a few weeks later from cancer; I say that over all md's do more harm then good in the long run. the…"

"Well, there is something to be said about being distrustful of much of the medical system. In all my years, I've got the most help from alternative methods. I will say I had a hernia and a rotater (sp) cup or cuff. (It's been a while.)…"

"BTW. Do you ever watch Bill Maher? He presently is the most outspoken atheist around. He's on HBO. He made the movie religiosity which caused quite a stir. I don't know how he manages to stay alive with all the religious nuts around. I…"

"I agree with your additional comments. One of the additional avenues the religious draw people in and I've not only seen it many times, but that's how they roped in my ex. I would have never believed it possible because we were so together…"

"I think most of us lucky ones that still love science in general had at least one person somewhere along the line while growing up that turned us on to the wonderful possibilities of learning. Mine came later in life, but whenever it comes, its much…"

"@Michel I was fortunate in having some good teachers who were willing to let us get our hands dirty. I still recall one teacher having us calculate the proper angle and pull to fire an arrow with a sodium tip into a bucket of water, which then…"

"A key factor in the 'dry and boring' part of science education these days is liability. So much of the hands-on learning of science, such as chemistry lab, has been scaled back or even removed for fear of lawsuits should little Timmy…"

Roger Tholen's Blog

This may take a bit more than a quicky.. I will try to keep it simple at first.

A behavior can only be affected in three ways. And to some extent, a fourth way...As a way of demonstrating that something really did happen, we use rate of responding for starters. You must admit if the rate goes up or down, something has happened. When a person makes a response to whatever, the first thing that might happen is positive reinforcement of the… Continue

We are all determinists even if we unaware of it. We do not expect the car to start by itself. We do not expect the grass to cut itself. We do not expect the food to make its way to our mouth without using a spoon or fork. We do not expect the window to open or close without our taking some action. I could go on and on, but I think you get the point.

When it comes to other behaviors, we expect them to happen by “magic”, or “free will’.. No cause. This really defiles logic if one… Continue

You are one of the few people who make a little sense. To me its obvious that things are determined by past events. I can't go into as much detail as you do, but as I think about it, it makes a great deal of sense.